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EDIVARD E. ELDER AND EUGENE H. TAYLOR, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORSTO THE ELDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAIXE, AND LYNN,MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BUINGS, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,555, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed October 26, 1891. Serial No. 409,815. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD E. ELDER and EUGENE II. TAYLOR, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of EsseX and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Making Bungs and Similar Articles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the acio companyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining itsnature.

The invention is'an improvement upon that described in the applicationfor Letters Patent of the United States filed July 18, 1889,

Serial No. 317,392, and while it embodies in general many of theprinciples of the said invention the means by which they are carriedinto effect are in many instances very dissimilar from those describedin the said ap- 2o plication, and for this reason we shall describe themachine as a whole.

The machine is organized to cut from two long strips square hung-blanksand to feed the bung-blanks to the blank-turning devices, which arearranged and operated to work simultaneously upon two blanks. Themechanism for severing the blanks from the strip is adapted to be runindependently of the mechanism forturning them, and likewise themechanism for turning the blanks is adapted to be run without theblank-severin g devices.

The invention varies from that described in the said application, amongother things,

in having a separate reciprocating saw or severing device for eachstrip-feed. This enables us to obtain a straight chute through which theblanks may be fed to the turning devices.

The strip-feeding mechanism is of a different character. There is alsoemployed means for ejecting automatically from the strip-feedways thewaste ends of each strip. The turning devices are differently mountedand operated. I

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the 5 machine in front elevation.Fig. 2 is a view in right side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of themachine. Fig. fl: is a view in vertical section, enlarged, upon thedotted line of Fig.

3. Fig. 5 isaview in verticalsection, enlarged,

5o representing a portion of the blank grasping,

presenting, and turning mechanism. Fig. (5

is a View representing many of the parts of Fig. 5, but in a differentposition, the blank having been transferred from the feedingchute to arotary clutch or head which holds it during the turning operation. Fig.7 is a view in vertical section on the line 00 00 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is aview in end elevation of some of the parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is aview inhorizontal section on the line y y of Fig. 13. Fig. 10 is adetail view in horizontal section on the line to w of Fig. 2. Fig. 11 isa view in vertical section on the line a z of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is aview, enlarged, of a portion of the vertical chute to show the manner ofadjusting the same. Fig. 13 is a view in horizontal section through thesame on a line with the right and left screw.

A is the frame of the machine. It is built up of a number of parts,which need not be specifically enumerated.

A is the power-shaft. It has suitable bearings in the frame, and itcommunicates power to two principal camshaft-s B and 0 (see Figs.

1 and 2) by means of the pinion a at its right end, the gear a. (seeFig. 2) and pinion a and gear 1) upon the shaft B, and gear 0 on theshaft 0, the pinion a meshing with the gear a, the pinion a meshing withthe gear l), and the gear 0 meshing with the gear I) and being of thesame size. The gears b c are free to turn upon their respective shafts BO, and each bears a member of a clutch. In connection with aslidingmember of a clutch fast to the shaft which it is on rotation isgiven said shaft. The clutches are of ordinary construciion and need notbe particularly described.

In Figs. 1 and 2, denotes the position of the clutch of the cam-shaft B.The clutch is 0 represented as operated by means of the lever b pivotedat b to a suitable support. The clutch for the cam-shaft O is located ata (see Figs. 1 and '2) and is operated by a lever 0 pivoted at c to asuit-able bracket. The 5 power-shaft A also, by means of bevel-gearing DD and D D (see Figs. 1 and 4,) communicates power to the band-wheels D Drespectively, which are connected, respectively, with the blank-severingsaws E E by means of the belts e 6 (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4) and to thetrimming saws or devices F F by means of the belts ff. Each band-wheel DD is mounted upon a shaft (I, which is supported by an adjustable frameor carriage 01, supporting at its upper end the shaft (:1 by means of aswinging frame D which is journaled at its lower end to the adjustablecarriage or base d. Thisis to permit the upper end of the frame, theshaft, and the trimming saws or devices carried thereby to bereciprocated.

The shaft cl is connected with its operating bevel-gear D or D as thecase maybe, by means of a bevel-gear d (see Fig. and bevel-gear d at thelower end of the short shaft (F, the upper end of the shaft carrying thebevel-gear D or D The carriage d is adjustable horizontally upon an arcof which the shaft (1 is the center, and it is accomplished by means ofslots in the portion of the frame A of the machine upon which thecarriages d rest and suitable fasteningbolts. These slots d d are shownin Figs. 3 and 4, the outer one 61 of course being longer than the innerone, and both being curved to describe arcs. By providing the carriageor base d with this adjustment the angle of the shaft d and of theturning saws or devices in relation to the center of the blank-holdingchuck is varied, so that the saws may be moved upon a plane parallelwith such center upon the adjustment of the carriage or base (1 to thatend, in'which event a bung of uniform diameter throughout will beformed, or

the frame and shaft may be set to any desired angle other than a rightangle to the blankholding chuck, in which event, upon the movement ofthe frame d, the turning devices or saws will take an angular movementin relation to the blank and form a tapering hung, the degree of tapervarying with the extent of the angle. The reciprocating motions areimparted to the frame D and consequently to the turning saws ordevices,at' desired times in the operation of the machine by means ofthe segment bevel-gear d upon each of the frames D (see Fig. 4) and thesegment bevel-gear d at the inner end of a lever (Z pivoted to the frameby pivot-pin (Z and moved by the cylinder-cam (Z on the cam-shaft O, thelever having at its outer end a cam-pin (Z to enter the cam-groove ofthe cam.

It will be understood from what has been described of the constructionof the machine that the cutting-saws E E and the turning saws or devicesF F, being connected directly with the power-shaft- A, are continuouslyrotated, but that their other operative movements are dependent upon therotation of the cam-shafts B O, the rotation of thecamshaft O causingthe frames carrying the rotating turning saws or devices to bereciprocated. The cutting-saws E E are reciprocated by means of a cam 6upon the cam-shaft B, alever 6 having bearing-pivot a, (see Figs. 1, 3,

and -;L,) connected at its lower end with the cam e by a link pivoted at6 and having a cam-pin e to enter the cam-groove, and at its upper endwith a slide 6 upon which the cutting-saws E E are mounted by means of alink e The cam e is timed to reciprocate the slide 6 at desiredintervals. The slide is suitably mounted upon an upper part of the frameA to slide thereon, and ithas bearings for the shafts e e, carrying thecutting-saws and the pulleys over which the belts 6 run. The shafts e eand their boxes are laterally adjustable upon the carriage e to vary theposition of the saws E E, as itmaybe desired to vary the size of theblanks being out. This adjustment may be obtained in any of thewell-known ways.

It will be understood that the bung-blanks are out from long strips ofwood of the desired width and thickness, and that these strips are fedautomatically to the cutting-saws E E through suitablesupporting-feedways. These feedways each have strip-feeding dogs and awaste-ejector, and they terminate over the vertical chutes through whichthe blanks drop or are transferred to the turning devices. G G representthe relation which these feedways bear to the cutting-saws E E. (Seealso Figs. 2, 3, at, 10, and 11.) The strips are means of a feedingdevice which lays hold of the inner end of each strip and draws it pastthe path upon which the cutting-saw is reciprocated to sever the blankfrom the strip end. The strip-box is made to provide a rectangularpassage for the strip, the strip being held in it by the walls upon oneedge. (See Figs. 10 and 11.) Each of the strip-feed devices comprises acarriage g, arranged to slide upon the support g, a reciprocatingmovement being imparted to it by means of the lever 9 having pivot g andreoiprocated by a cam g (see Fig. 1) upon the cam-shaft B. The upper endof the lever is connected with the slide g by a link 9 (See Fig. 2.)This slide carries upon one side a fixed feed-dog g (see Fig. 10) andupon the other side a feeddog g', which is represented as a roll geccentrically mounted at the end of the arm 9 pivoted at g to the slide.A spring g bears upon the arm and holds the roll in forcible contactwith the side of the strip, while another spring, r attached to the arm9 extending from the roll and to the arm 9 serves to assist in turningthe roll to its clamping position. In operation the forward movement ofthe dog does not serve to feed or move the strip, the roll then turningupon its eccentric center in away to relieve its tension, the strip alsobeing held against any tendency to move it backward by means ofadetent-dog g, pivoted at its upper end at 9 to an arm g in a manner todrop into the feedway and rest upon the upper end of the strip, (seeFig. 11,) with its point opposed to a backward movement of the strip.Upon the feeding movefed from the back side of the machine by ment ofthe slide and feed-dog the roll g lays hold of the strip in conjunctionwith the dog g with sufficient friction to draw it inward in the feedwayuntil its inner end g" comes in contact with the stop 9. (See Fig. 10.)

It will be understood that the strip-feeding mechanism is provided witha uniform extent of throw or sufficient to feed the strip for thelargest bungs to be made, and that it slips during its feeding movementor at the end of it after having fed the strip until its end comes intocontact with the stop 9 To eject the waste end of the strip from thefeedway there is used an ejector-block H, (see Fig. 10,) which ismounted at the end of the springarm 71, fastened to the side of one ofthe plates of the feedwa-y. This block or its arm is also connected withthe slide or carriage upon which the cutting-saw is mounted by means ofthe rod h, which is connected by pivot h to the ejector-block or itssupport and extends through eyes or holes in the holders it, carried bythe slide. A coiled spring h surrounds the rod and serves, when thecarriage is moved toward the feedway, to act against the rod and pushthe ejector across the feedway of the strip, thereby removing anyremaining portion of the strip which is smaller than the bung-blank. Itwill be understood that while the strip is being fed the ejector issimply forced by the carriage against the side of the strip and thatthere is lost motion between the rod and the carriage which permits themovement of the carriage to take place without operating the ejector,the ejector operating only when there is little resistance in front ofit, and then being operated by the action of the spring.

It will also be understood that the ejector is moved backward from thestop by the carriage-slide during the feeding movement of the strip, andthat it is in operative position to eject only upon the forward movementof the carriage. The feedway is provided with an opening across it atthis point to permit the waste to be moved. from it laterally by theejector. This opening must be of a size to permit the waste fromlargest-sized blanks to be pushed through it by the ejector, and to varythe size of the opening there is arranged upon the outside of thefeedway an adjustable piece or plate 9 (See Fig. 10.) This plate isshaped as represented in Fig. 10- that is, it has an inward-extendingend 9 which is in line wit-h the inner surface of the feedway, and ithas a slot g through which the adj usting-screw 9 extends. The cornermay be beveled, if desired. This form is useful as a safety device as itpermits the feed-roll to move upward and outward upon it in case itshould by any accident or by design be moved inward sufficiently far tocome within the path of the feed-dog.

To hold the strip down in the feedway there is used the flat spring 9(See Fig. 11.) At the end of the feeding movement of the strip the endof the strip is in contact with the stop g and over the entrance to thevertical chutes G The cutting-saw is then reciprocated across the strip,severing from it a bungblank, which then drops into the chute, it beingto some extent forced into it by the action of the saw as it iswithdrawn from the stock. The feed-chute G is made in two sections j j,which have the narrow flanges j and together provide the end walls andshort side walls for the chute, the chute being otherwise open. Thesesections j 7" of the chute are adjustable horizontally in relation toeach other to vary the width of the passage according to the width ofthe blank which is being worked. This adjustment is represented asobtained by providing each of the sections 3' j with arms ff,respectively, which receive bolts working through adj Listing-slots f inthe brackets 7' The adjustment is further accomplished by means of aright and left threaded screw f, which is held at j and engages nuts j jwhich are carried by the sections j j, respectively.

To adjust the size of the passage the holdin g-bolts are loosened andthe right and left threaded screw is turned to move the sides in or out,as the case may be, and the bolts are then tightened and the sections ofthe chute locked in their new position. The lowermost blank in the chutedrops upon the stop j, which extends into the chute, and is madevertically-adjustable upon the section j, the said section having thelong vertical slot 7' through which a stud forming the stop extends andwhich carries at its outer end a nut, by which it is clamped in anydesired position. The undermost blank is free to fall upon the stop onlywhen the turningchuck is separated and open to receive it and after theturned blank has been formed and returned to the chute and dropped fromthe machine. This is accomplished bymeans of a blank-detent, whichcloses upon the second lower blank automatically and holds it during thepresenting of the lowermost blank to the turning devices and until ithas been finished, and the chuck is in a position to receive it when itis automatically released to fall between the two parts of the chuck andupon the stop. This detent is lettered I, and it is represented as apointed stud extending inward from the lower end of the adjustablespring-arm t, the arm being held at its upper end by a bracket '11 in amanner to permit it to be moved up or down. The spring is permitted toact and is withdrawn at the desired times by means of the lever, whichoperates one head of the chuck, and a connecting-rod F, the lever havinglost motion upon the rod or moving it only during a portion of itsoutward movement.

The chuck or blank holding and rotating device is shown in detail inFigs. 5, 6, and 7. It comprises the stationary head m, having the spursm, and the hole m in which is a reciprocating throw-off rod m Thisthrowoff rod is backed by a spring m in the hole IIO m in the shaft on",and its normal position is that represented in Fig. 5. There is used inconjunction with the head on the movable tail-stock m This is supportedin suitable bearings in the stock or block m and has an endwisehorizontal movement in it, such movement being produced through theoperation of the lever m and the cam on upon the cam-shaft O and thespring m, the spring serving to force the tail-stock m toward the headm, and the cam serving to remove it from said head or to a positionrepresented in Fig. 5. A blank having fallen to the position representedin Fig. 5 between the tail-stock and the head is then, by the movementof the tail-stock, forced against the head m, at the same time movinginwardly the knock-off m and at the same movement the blank-detent Iisreleased and closed upon the second blank in order. (See Fig. 6.) Boththe tail-stock m and the head are rotated. The tail-stock is rotated bymeans of the pulley m the belt on, and the band-wheel m upon the shaftA.

It will be understood that Where possible the same letters are used forthe two sets of operating devices, and that the shaft m is rotated bymeans of the pulley m (see Fig. 1,)-the belt m and the band-wheel m" onthe power-shaft A, It will therefore appear that the chucks are also inconstant rotation with the cutting-saws and turning saws or devices, butare not otherwise operative until the cam-shaft which carries the camswhich operate the levers m is caused to be rotated.

We prefer to use as a bung-edge-shaping device two or more rotary saws,the saws decreasing slightly in diameter from the inner one or onenearest the back plate outwardly. These saws may be in the shape ofordinary circular saws or in the shape of what might be termedsaw-disks, that is, a circular saw from which the center has beenremoved, forming a very large aperture and a comparatively narrow blade.Vhen saw-disks of this kind are employed, we prefer to mount them upon aholder R, preferably of cast-iron and very rigid and secured to the endof the shaft d This holder has a shoulder 0*, extending from its face,of a size to fit the bore of the saw-disks and thus support the inneredges of the saws. It also has extending beyond or outward from theshoulder a reinforcing-section 7*, against which the disk or disks arefirmly bolted, and by which they are firmly supported or held duringtheir rotation. The saws as thus attached are securely held against thedirect thrust and against any side thrust as they are being moved uponand across the bung-blank.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Power having been applied tothe power-shaft A, and the cam-shafts B 0 being unclutched therefrom,the cutting-saws, the turning saws, and the chucks are caused to berotated but not to be otherwise moved. The blank-forming strips are thenfed into the fecdways and the blank-severing devices are then started byengaging the shaft B with the gear I). This causes the feed-dogs toreciprocate in alternate order and the carriage or slide carrying thecutting-saws to be reciprocated, first, to move one saw to sever a blankfrom the end of one strip and'then to remove it outward or away from thestrip, and the other saw into operative relation with the other feedwayand strip to sever a blank from it. This action is continued until thechutes G2 are filled with blanks, when the camshaft C is connected withthe power by means of its clutch. This causes the undermost blanks to bemoved from the chutes, seized by the chucks, to be rotated, and theturning saws or devices F F to be moved along their edges to shape themand to be returned to their original position, and the turned blanks tobe then discharged into the chutes to fall finished from the machine. Itwill be understood that the chucking and turning operations proceedsimultaneously upon two blanks.

It will be observed that the knock or throw off m acts also inconnection with the tailstock of the chuck as a blank-carrier, in thatit projects normally from the face-plate with which it isusedsufficiently to bring its point upon a line or very nearly upon aline with the side of the chute upon which it is, and that as the blankdrops into position between this pointed en d of the throw-01f and thetail-.

stock the movement of the tail-stock toward the head-stock firstimmediately brings the blank into contact with the pointed end of thethrow-off, and the throw-off acts to hold the blank against thetail-stock while it yields to permit of the movement of the blank andtail-stock toward the head-stock, thus holding the blank while it isbeing transferred by the tail-stock from the chute to the headstock.

It will also be noticed that the saw-holder R is so constructed that thesaws do not extend to the center or shaft of the holder, there being achamber or cavity upon the front of the holder. This construction of theholder in connection with the form of saw used upon it permits the sawsto be moved closer to the chuck and a smaller blank to be turned thanwould be the case if the ordinary form of circular saw were used andattached directly to the shaft, as that construction would require alonger shaft and a holding-nut,which would be in the way or come intocontact with the chuck or other portion of the machine and prevent thesaws from being set up as closely as is desired.

By referring to Fig. 7 it will be seen that the stop sufficiently toprovide space between the end of the stop and its side for the passagedownward of the completed bung.

The saws E E are adjustable horizontally upon their carriage (see Fig.3) in order that they may be set up in regard to the feedways as theybecome worn. This adjustment is represented as effected by mounting theboxes of each saw-shaft upon a slide or support made adjustable by meansof bolts and slots in relation to the carriage. (See Fig. 3.)

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a machine formakingbungs,and similar articles, the combination ofthe main or actuating shaft A, of the machine; the blanksevering saws Eand E, connected with and operated by such shaft; mechanism,substantially as specified,for moving the saw-carriage and saws forwardand backward in relation to the bung-strip feedway of the machine; aclutch for connecting such mechanism to, and disconnecting it from themain shaft; and the saws F and F, connected for rotation, as set forth,with the main shaft A; substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination in a machine for making bungs and similar articles,comprising a common main or power shaft, of the described duplexinstrumentalities, the cam-shafts B and O, and clutches forindependently connecting them with and disconnecting them from the mainshaft of the machine; the stripfeedways G and G the blank-severin g sawsE and E, connected with the main shaft of the machine for continuousrotation; the carriage 6 upon which the saws E and E are mounted; areciprocating strip-feeder for each of the feedways G, G; a cam upon thecamshaft B, connected with the carriage e", as described, to reciprocateit and its saws; a separate cam g, for independently actuating itsrespective blank-strip feed, mounted upon such shaft; the edge-shapingdevices F, F, and the chucks or blank-holders, connected with the mainshaft, to be continuously rotated; a separate carriage for eachedge-shaping device or bung-former; cams upon the camshaft 0, connectedwith such separate carriages, for their reciprocation; and separatechuck-actuators, and separate cams upon the shaft 0, for actuating them,or permitting them to be operated by springs; as and for the purposesset forth.

3. The combination in a machine for making bungs and the like, of afeedway along which a blank-forming strip is fed; a stop, at the end ofsuch feedway; an opening across the feedway, in front of the stop; areciprocating severing device, for cutting the strips into blanks; anejector which is moved by such severing devices into contact with theside of the blank-strip; and a spring which is compressed by suchmovement, and thereby adapted to actuate the ejector to force the wasteend of a blank-strip through such opening, when the waste end is smallerthan the opening; substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The combination in a machine for making bungs, and the like, of theblank-strip feedway; a stop, at the end of the feedway; an openingacross the feedway, in front of the stop, through which the waste end ofa strip is adapted to be ejected; an adjustable gate or plate forvarying the size of the opening; and an ejector to remove the waste endof a strip from the feedway, automatically, when it is of less size thansuch cross-opening; as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in a machine for making bungs and similar articles,of the described feedway; a stop, at the end of the feedway, againstwhich the strip is fed; an opening through the sides of such feedway,

near its inner end; a reciprocating cutter, to

cross such feedway; and an ejector H, which is held at the end of aflexible arm, and which is connected with the carriage which carries thecutter, by a rod, substantially as specified, and a spring 72 as and forthe purpose described.

6. The combination in a machine for making bungs and the like, of thestrip-feedway of the machine; the reciprocating draw-dog g; thereciprocating yielding draw-roll support 9 and the roll g eccentricallymounted in said arm; and its actuating-spring as and for the purposedescribed.

'7. The combination in a machine for makin g bun gs and the like; of thedescribed stripfeedway; a stop, at the end of the feedway; thestrip-drawers; the strip-detent and stripholder; the adjustable plate 9the ejector H; and the blank-severing saw; substantially as described.

8. The combination of the main shaft of the machine; the cam-shafts Oand B, and the train of gears connecting the same, comprising the piniona, the intermediate gear a and pinion (t the loose gear I) on the shaftB, and the loose gear 0 upon the shaft 0, each of which carries a memberof a clutch, and a fast member of a clutch upon each shaft B, C, and ahandle or lever for moving it into engagement with its rotary member; asand for the purposes specified.

9. The combination of the blank-strip feedway; the spring-arm h, securedby one extremity to the body of such feedway; the ejector-block H, uponthe free end of the spring-arm h; and the rod h, pivoted to theejector-block, connected with the slide or carriage, and encircled bythe actuating-spring h substantially as shown and described, and for thepurposes specified.

10. The combination of the power-shaft A, carrying gear-wheels asdescribed the short shaft (1 and its gear-wheels; the horizontal shaftd, having inner terminal gear-Wheel, and band-wheel, and carrying theadjustable carriage cl and swinging frame D the horizontal shaft (1carrying trimming-saw and bandwheel, and supported by the shaft (1, andthe frame D; and a connecting band or belt upon the two band-Wheels;substantially as specified.

11. The combination of the rotary bungedge-shaping device; its shaft dand adj ust able frame D", with the sector-gear (1 attached to theframe; the sector-gear d, at the end of the lever (1 to engage thesector-gear d and the cam (Z upon the shaft 0; substan- 1o tially asdescribed.

EDXVARD E. ELDER. EUGENE H. TAYLOR. In presence 0'f F. F. RAYMOND, 2d.J. M. DOLAN.

